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Suzanne Bonamici: “This suggests that the department knowingly violated the purpose statue which requires that agencies apply…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
This suggests that the department knowingly violated the purpose statue which requires that agencies apply appropriations only to the purposes for which they were made.
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Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic · Oregon

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Bonamici accuses the Department of Labor of misusing funds.

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